DENTAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS ON SYSTEMIC CHEMOTHERAPY FOR MALIGNANT OISEASE
Destruction of malignant cells by tumoricidal chemotherapeutic drugs has proved an effective treatment for a variety of malignancies. Like radidtherapy, the antitumor effectof cancer chemotherapeutic agents is based on their ability to destroy or retard the division of rapidly proliferating
cells, such as tumor cells, nonspeclfically

DENTAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOTHERAPY TO HEAD AND NECk
Radiotherapy (i.e., radiation therapy, x-ray treatment) is a common therapeutic modality for malignancies of the head and neck. Approximately 30,000 cases of ‘head and neck cancer occur each year. Many of these are managed by therapeutic irradiation. Its’ use is ideally predicated on the abilitv of the radiation to destroy neo